Little lists, big impact
[ Winter 2013 ] If health care workers use simple checklists during critical moments of care such as surgery and childbirth, they can greatly reduce death … Continue reading “Little lists, big impact”
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Dollars and Diseases
From Infographic: The dollars and sense of chronic disease Source: Murphy, K. & Topel, R.H. (2005). The Value of Health and Longevity. National Bureau … Continue reading “Dollars and Diseases”
Auto Costs
From Infographic: The dollars and sense of chronic disease Sources: Johnson, T. (2012, March 26). Health Care Costs & U.S. Competitiveness. Retrieved from http://www.cfr.org/health-science-and-technology/healthcare-costs-us-competitveness/p13325
How Much Health Do We Get for Our Money?
From Infographic: The dollars and sense of chronic disease Sources: OECD (2010). OEDC Health Data. Retrieved from http://www.oecd.org/document/16/0,3746,en_2649_37407_2085200_1_1_1_37407,00.html
Noncommunicable diseases: The global economic toll
From Infographic: The dollars and sense of chronic disease Sources: Bloom, D.E., Cafiero, E.T., Jané-Llopis, E., Abrahams-Gessel, S., Bloom, L.R., Fathima, S., Feigl, A.B., … Continue reading “Noncommunicable diseases: The global economic toll”
Causes of death worldwide & U.S. health care costs
From Infographic: The dollars and sense of chronic disease Sources: Bloom, D.E., Cafiero, E.T., Jané-Llopis, E., Abrahams-Gessel, S., Bloom, L.R., Fathima, S., Feigl, A.B., … Continue reading “Causes of death worldwide & U.S. health care costs”
Unhealthy habits
From Infographic: The dollars and sense of chronic disease Sources: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2009). Chronic Diseases, The Power to Prevent, The … Continue reading “Unhealthy habits”
Harvard Public Health: Fall 2012
In this issue Public health and the U.S. economy How the next U.S. president can stack the deck in favor of people’s health and … Continue reading “Harvard Public Health: Fall 2012”
Public health and the U.S. economy
[ Fall 2012 ] How the next U.S. president can stack the deck in favor of people’s health and wealth in 2013 With the … Continue reading “Public health and the U.S. economy”
Dean’s message: Health and wealth
[ Fall 2012 ] The cover story in this issue of Harvard Public Health explores one of the most complicated intersections in policymaking: the … Continue reading “Dean’s message: Health and wealth”